Lurking man arrested on peeping charge

Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007

An Athens man was arrested on peeping Tom and obstruction charges after two Arch Street residents reported a suspicious man in their neighborhood early Wednesday morning, according to Athens-Clarke police.

Michael Lee Heard, 46, remained in the Clarke County Jail on Wednesday in lieu of $5,000 bond.

One resident called police at about 1 a.m. to say a someone had been peeking into a bedroom window at his home. At about 1:40 a.m., a resident at another home called to say that a strange person had been on the resident's porch.

Police officers began to search the area, and when one officer spotted Heard, who matched the victims' description of the peeping Tom, the officer called out to him, police said.